Where does “仕上げる” come from?

仕上げる (Japanese) comes from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

仕上げる (Japanese): to finish something, to finish up something

Definitions

  1. to finish something, to finish up something

Ancestry of “仕上げる”, step by step

仕上げる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
2Middle Chinese氏—

via Japanese 上げる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese上げるto raise, to lift; to give; to utter; to cry; to...
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